| Nutrition
and Fitness |
Teens and Eating Disorders
Are your kids "immune" to developing an eating disorder? Don’t
be so sure. (ages 13-18) |
How Eating Affects
Learning
Is what you're serving up for lunch helping or hindering your child's learning
curve? (ages 4-18) |
Lunch Is Served
Poor lunch choices can mean unhealthy weight gain for your child. (ages
4-12) |
For a Trim Family
Instilling wise food choices can keep our children, and us, from becoming
overweight. (ages 4-12) |
Why Won’t Preschoolers
Eat?
One of life’s greatest mysteries is how a preschooler can survive on three
spaghetti noodles. (ages 3-5) |
No-Sugar Baby
Don't let your infant get used to having sugar and salt in her food. (ages
0-2) |
Getting Babies to
Sleep
One third of parents with 6-month-old babies report they wake up between
one and eight times per night. The good news is … this too shall pass. (ages
0-2) |
Prevent Exhaustion
in Kids
Days start early for kids nowadays. And after school, with soccer practice,
homework and other activities, kids tend to fall into bed exhausted. Slowing
the pace of hectic lives doesn’t just happen; it takes effort. (ages 4-12)
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Kids and Vegetarianism
Has your child suddenly realized that beef comes from cows and refuses to eat meat? Raising vegetarian kids is possible, but it requires knowledge and effort. (ages 4-18)
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Safety
and Prevention |
Preventing Teen Drug
Abuse
Take time to learn the steps to drug abuse prevention in your home. (ages
13-18) |
Sun Savvy
Turn on the sprinkler and inflate the kiddy pool. But before you send your
youngsters into the sun, be sure to protect their skin. (ages 0-12) |
Safety in the Pool
For many kids, summer means perfecting their cannonballs, playing numerous
rounds of Marco Polo and spending as much time as possible in the pool.
But with the pleasure comes the potential for tragedy. (ages 2-12) |
Children and Backpacks
More and more preteens use backpacks to carry schoolbooks home or from class
to class. If your child resembles a pack mule straining under a heavy load,
it may be time to lighten the burden. (ages 6-12) |
Safety at Home
Children should be safest in their own home. But they are so only when parents
are aware of common household dangers and know what to do about them. (ages
3-12) |
Playground Safety
A day at the park isn’t always a picnic. Each year nearly 200,000 children
need emergency room treatment after being injured on America’s playgrounds.
(ages 2-12) |
Common
Ailments/Disorders |
Childhood Asthma
Asthma may be an occasional annoyance or a disruptive, frightening and at
times life-threatening illness. (ages 2-12) |
The ADHD Child
If your son or daughter has been diagnosed with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity
Disorder, here are some ways to cope. (ages 3-12) |
Health
Management |
HPV Vaccine: What Parents Need to Know
HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States, with approximately 20 million Americans infected.
Drug manufacturers have recently introduced new vaccines to prevent HPV which is targeted at 9 to 12 year-olds. Here are some
things parents need to know about HPV and these new vaccines. (ages 9-18) |
Teens and Drug Use
Teens get involved with drugs for a variety of reasons, and parents play
a key role in prevention. (ages 13-18) |
Understanding the
Drugs Teens Use
Don't stick your head in the sand. Learn about the drugs that are available
on the streets. And learn how to prevent drug use in your home or how to
spot a problem and deal with it, if it's already begun. (ages 13-18) |
Your Child and Braces
Seven out of ten children in the U.S. need orthodontic treatment, so chances
are your child is one of them. (ages 4-12) |
The
Highly Healthy Child
A highly healthy child is a well-balanced one. Are you doing what you can
to help your child be physically, emotionally, relationally and spiritually
healthy? (ages 4-12) |
Helping Too-Busy Teens
Beat Burnout
Concerned parents want to know how to help their stressed out, overworked,
too-active kids. (ages 13-18) |
Be Your Own Health
Care Quarterback
You have both the right and the obligation to participate in decisions that
affect your child’s health care. (ages 0-12) |
Getting Babies to Sleep
One third of parents with 6-month-old babies report they wake up between one and eight times per night. The good news is … this too shall pass. (ages 0-3) |
